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HALAH

(Heb. ḥălaḥ; Akk. ³alaḫḫu)

An area to which Israelites were deported after 720 b.c.e. by Sargon II (2 Kgs. 17:6) and subsequently by Shalmaneser II (18:11) and Tiglath-pileser III (1 Chr. 5:26). This deportation is not reflected in Assyrian inscriptions. Fields in Halah (modern Tell al-ʿAbbāsīya), NE of the Assyrian heartland, belonged to the king. Inhabitants were obliged to perform dullu-duties (agricultural) for the king. Most probably Israelites were deported to Halah to assist with the Assyrian food supply.

Bibliography. B. Becking, The Fall of Samaria. SHANE 2 (Leiden, 1992), 62-64.

Bob Becking






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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